Expecting a revolution in biology and immense business opportunities, genetic engineering was declared by the US government for risk regulatory purposes as ‘equivalent to’ conventional breeding methods, meaning a GMO is not legally deemed to be a novel organism, that could pose unforeseeable risks,...
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What's the meaning of thigmotropism? Thigmotropism is a plant's response to the touch of a contact stimulus. This can make the plant move toward or away from the contact stimulus. What is an example of thigmotropism? Thigmotropism occurs when a plant responds to the touch of an extern...
these ears were grown in side-by-side plots, meaning that the growing environment was nearly identical. (The plots were separated to limit cross-pollination between the two different varieties.) Third, all of our Citizen Scientists are repeating the same experiment with the exact same varieties ...